# alambre
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.

### Noun

alambre (plural alambres)
* A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
** 2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204:At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]

### Anagrams

* Marable, armable

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
* IPA: /ʔaˈlambɾe/ [ʔɐˈl̪am.bɾ̪e]

### Noun

alambre
* wire
    Synonym: kawat

#### Derived terms

* alambreng tunokon (“barbed wire”)

#### Related terms

* alambrilyo
* alambrero

## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Spanish alambre.

### Noun

alambre
* wire

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic العَنْبَر (al-ʕanbar).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɐ̃.bɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɐ̃.bɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɐ̃.bɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈlɐ̃.bɾɨ/
* Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre

### Noun

alambre m (plural alambres)
* amber (fossil resin)
    Synonym: âmbar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈlambɾe/ [aˈlãm.bɾe]
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* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Rhymes: -ambɾe
* Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre

### Etymology 1

From Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.

#### Alternative forms

* arambre (obsolete)

#### Noun

alambre m (plural alambres)
* wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
* wire (a thread of metal)
* alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)

##### Derived terms

* alambrar
* alambre de espinas
* alambre de espino
* alambre de púas
* alambrera
* alámbrico
* alambrón

##### Descendants

* Chavacano: alambre
* → Cebuano: alambre
* → Chamorro: alåmle
* → English: alambre
* → Tagalog: alambre

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

alambre
* inflection of alambrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “alambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alambre, from Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈlambɾe/ [ʔɐˈlam.bɾɛ]
* Rhymes: -ambɾe
* Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre

### Noun

alambre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* wire
    Synonym: kawad

#### Derived terms

* alambreng may-tinik

#### Related terms

* alambrada
* alambrera
* alambrilyo
* kulantrilyo de-alambre
* milon-de-alambre

#### See also

* alpiler
* bagting
* balibid
* kuwerdas
* sampayan
* serga

### Further reading

* “alambre”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
* “alambre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 20